Gold Editorials & Commentary

The precious metals sector began to pullback in early August after a frenzied run-up in July. The technical/momentum indicators were flashing “overbought.” In the meantime, most economic indicators have been telling us the so-called “V” bounce in economic activity...

Q: What are the fundamental factors behind the current gold and silver bull market? A: Fiat money, also known as paper money, is one of the main factors influencing gold today. This type of money is government-issued currency that in general is not backed by a...

It is the massive debt. It cannot be serviced. It will collapse the whole system. The gold, silver and cryptocurrencies charts are showing signs of going parabolic. The US dollar is close to confirming a massive breakdown.

With a collapse in the dollar and hyperinflation now inevitable, it is clear that the dollar price of gold will eventually skyrocket, and when I say "eventually" I am not talking about in 5 or 10 years time. It is already starting to accelerate away to the upside...

Republicans and Democrats continue to play the “will they, won’t they?” game over another stimulus package in a Covid19 ravaged US economy. An agreement on a package will ultimately be seen as positive for the markets but, with the US Election just weeks away this...

Apparently investors don't tire of hearing the same old thing; and their advisors willingly provide the same questionable advice: "The best way to play this new bull market in gold is to buy gold stocks" or something to that effect. Are gold stocks a better choice...

Responding to global risks and events, in most cases, precious metals are in a constant compulsion of the ever-fluctuating USD. After all, the U.S. Dollar is the currency that gold is priced in, and it is a market that will always continue to go back and forth with...

All the ingredients are in place to support higher long-term gold prices, according to one fund manager. In a telephone interview with Kitco News, Axel Merk, president and CEO of Merk Investments, said that there are several important fundamental factors that drove...

For a bull trend to perpetuate it occasionally needs to climb a wall of worry. Bearish investors are always on the lookout for a theme that will provide them with an opportunity to short a stock or sector. If prices rise, investors who shorted-shares will need to...

Suddenly it seems that nearly all of The Banks and Bullion Banks are raising price forecasts and rallying around the precious metals. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Peter Krauth explains why he believes, no matter who wins the U.S. presidential election, gold is going up. I know, gold feels like it's going nowhere in a hurry. I mean, it's still at the same price it was three months ago in late July. And you're asking yourself...

The most disgusting form of socialism is of course…socialism for the rich. The “playground for the rich” US stock market chart. There’s an enormous broadening formation in play, and that suggests a market that is out of control.

IMF’s economic outlook for 2020 is less grim, but the more distant future is more worrisome. Therefore, the precious metals index is expected to rise. October’s edition of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook Report is out! The main message that the report conveys is...

Gold, mining stocks, and the USD Index have not been doing much recently. However, yesterday, this “inactivity” took quite a decisive shape, and unfortunately, things are not looking good for gold.

The best performing precious metal for the week was gold, but still down 1.61 percent. Gold rose on Thursday, breaking a two-day loss streak, as the U.S. dollar fell and halted stimulus negotiations sent equities lower. Bloomberg notes that spot gold rose to $1,903...

As I was perusing the articles posted over the weekend, I came across one that typifies the general perspective of most market participants: Why The Stock Market Is Finally Paying Attention To The Economy

With a collapse in the dollar and hyperinflation now inevitable, it is clear that the dollar price of gold will eventually skyrocket, and when I say “eventually” I am not talking about in 5 or 10 years time. It is already starting to accelerate away to the upside...

Large precious metals speculators cut back on their bullish net positions in the Gold Futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.

Last week’s US Market’s asked a question about the future of the dollar, using a chart of the dollar index to find an answer. This week, a similar question is asked about equities and the answer is provided by a long term chart of the NASDAQ. As for the dollar, what...

Last week's trading saw gold forming an early-week high, with its peak registered with Monday's tag of the 1939.40 figure. From there, a sharp decline was seen into Wednesday's session, with the metal dropping all the way down to a low of 1885.00 - before bouncing...

Gold's primary upside driver is currency Debasement, further enhanced by the other of the 3Ds: Debt and Derivatives. Thus axiomatically, Gold's primary downside driver is shrinkage of same. We don't see that happening anytime soon. Indeed, fading Gold's 5,000-year...

The Dow Jones continues trading in a tight range in its BEV chart below.  For the past three months it refuses to rise up to a new all-time high, and is incapable of deflating below its BEV -10% line. The longer the Dow Jones remains in this trading range, the more...

Gold sector remains on long-term buy at the end of September. Long-term – on major buy signal. Short-term – on mixed signals. Gold sector cycle is now up, suggesting that the multi week correction is complete. $$$ We have lifted our hedge, and added to existing...

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Today’s beaten-down US dollar is a major short-term risk for gold.  For decades this yellow metal has often inversely mirrored the fortunes of the world’s reserve currency.  Dollar trends are important trading cues for highly-leveraged gold-futures speculators, who...

The Copper/Gold ratio is saying something. That something is that a cyclical, pro-inflation and thus pro-economic reflation metal shown earlier, remaining nominally positive on a down market day has, in relation to gold, taken out two important moving averages (...

Inflation is back. OK, not inflation, but inflation expectations. As the chart below shows, they plunged during the coronavirus crisis, but they have already recovered. Currently, and based on the inflation-protected Treasury yields, Mr. Market expects that...

This article is for investors who already own a gold/silver mining stock and are considering adding more. Or perhaps a savvy investor who is comfortable with risk tolerance and has a general understanding of the gold/silver mining sector.

It’s not a surprise that the gold price is rising given what the Fed is doing to the dollar. As Andrew Maguire explains, gold is the anti-dollar.

This article defines hyperinflation in simple terms, making it clear that most, if not all governments have already committed their unbacked currencies to destruction by hyperinflation. The evidence is now becoming plain to see.